I think there was extensive debate about LNT involving Bill Field around
2002-3. There may have been another episode later, but there is a lot
of that in the 2002 archives -- If I recall correctly, Field had
completed a study in Iowa that he believed supported LNT while Cohen's
comprehensive county by county national work still stands today as major
evidence failing to support LNT. I think Cohen adhered to testing LNT
to the exclusion of 'testing hormesis' because his original research
design did not include a hormesis hypothesis; he insisted on maintaining
scientific integrity by not engaging in after-the-fact hypotheses
(Bernie, please repair my interpretation if needed?)
(Sorry if I've fogged this up -- that was a long time ago; my gray
matter is sprouting white hairs <g>)
Maury&Dog [MaurySiskel maurysis at peoplepc.com]
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On 6/17/2011 4:17 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) wrote:
> Dear Prof. Cohen and Prof. Raabe,
>> I assume that you are familiar with Dr. Field's Iowa Radon Lung Cancer
> Study. I would be interested in your thoughts on it, and if he was
> faulty in his methodology, what that fault was.
>> Most Sincerely,
>> Mike Brennan
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard L.
> Cohen
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 7:31 AM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radon: POWERFULLY associated with LESS lung
> cancer by B.Cohen
>>> --Our study had no political funding. It was financed by our radon
> measurement service
>> On 6/16/2011 1:30 PM, Brian Riely wrote:
>> Howard, you wrote, " Politics should follow science, not vice versa."
>>>> The problem is that politics funds science, not vice versa.
>> Bernard L. Cohen
>> Physics Dept., University of Pittsburgh
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
>> Tel: (412)624-9245 Fax: (412)624-9163
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